Osman Akan's article titled "Fragmenta / making sculptures in a remote location" is published in the Paper tAG 01 magazine. Published during the first design biennial in Istanbul; article comments on art, architecture and design as well as logistics of making permanent artworks in sub-arctic environments.

Hello Osman. I hope/trust all is well with you!
We just had a significant storm with winds clocked from 90 to 130 mph around town. Lots of trees down, power still out here and there, schools closed, etc etc…
I decided to check out the sculpture to see how it faired in near-design-level winds. Result: Not a scratch. Nothing looked bent or crooked or rubbed-against, etc. Looks like it stayed pretty rigid. There are trees all about out there knocked over so you can tell from their angle that the wind came right down off the mountain, by-passing the building and hitting the sculpture head on.
It’s still pretty breezy today. Standing in the center of the piece, the wind makes a nice sound passing through all the plates.
Take care!

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Eventhough it was quite windy, (knocked over my tripod and broke my video camera) we managed to install the main structure in just two days ! The rest will be filling the the gaps with TIG welds. Next week we'll start with the surface panels, lights and ground forming. Still a lot to do but we are hopeful.